Diane
What I don't understand, as I read through this thread, is why a rabies shot is the "cure" for rabies. People talk about their pets (as in the bat story) or a person (Michael's daughter) being vaccinated immediately after exposure, as a response to the incident. I thought the whole idea of immunizations was to put a small amount of the virus into the body so it could "practice" fighting it, learning to recognize and form antibodies to that virus. That takes a bit of time, I think. If someone has been bitten by a rabid dog, the virus has already been introduced into the body. So how would a vaccine help at that point? I must be missing something. :) Is it some other shot being administered??